Comments on: Lyrna Bout Smyrna http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/29/lyrna-bout-smyrna/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/29/lyrna-bout-smyrna/comment-page-1/#comment-6283 Mike Aquilina Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:15:40 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/29/lyrna-bout-smyrna/#comment-6283 It would probably be safest to say she "ended her earthly days" there (though, even then, there are Jerusalem traditions as well). But the doctrine of the Assumption does not require us to believe she never suffered death. We simply don't know whether Mary died before she was assumed, and the Church has stated nothing dogmatically about the matter. See here: http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/01ws/ws010816.htm It would probably be safest to say she “ended her earthly days” there (though, even then, there are Jerusalem traditions as well).

But the doctrine of the Assumption does not require us to believe she never suffered death. We simply don’t know whether Mary died before she was assumed, and the Church has stated nothing dogmatically about the matter. See here:

http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/01ws/ws010816.htm

]]> By: Patrick http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/29/lyrna-bout-smyrna/comment-page-1/#comment-6280 Patrick Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:57:55 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/29/lyrna-bout-smyrna/#comment-6280 Nice article but a mistake at the end regarding Mary's House: "The Vatican has accepted the house as having belonged to Mary and the place where she died." I seem to remember a doctrine called The Assumption that says otherwise. Nice article but a mistake at the end regarding Mary’s House:

“The Vatican has accepted the house as having belonged to Mary and the place where she died.”

I seem to remember a doctrine called The Assumption that says otherwise.

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